Mobile Health Map

Eye health is essential to daily life, yet too many communities still face barriers to accessing vision care.

For many people, the challenge is not just finding an appointment. It is whether vision services exist within the healthcare systems and community resources available to them.

For Dr. Rebecca Chown, OD, FAAO, that gap became impossible to ignore.

After 23 years working in eye care, she saw firsthand that communities across Oregon were going without essential vision services. Eye health was often missing from community health conversations, and many federally qualified health centers still lacked access to vision care.

Her response? Bring care directly to communities.

Through Envision EyeCare for All, Dr. Chown built a community-centered model rooted in trust, partnerships, and advocacy. What started with portable equipment packed into her vehicle has grown into pop-up clinics across Oregon and a future state-of-the-art mobile eye clinic designed to expand access even further.

Her story is a reminder that mobile health does more than bring services closer. It helps identify gaps, build trust, and create new pathways for communities that traditional systems have not consistently reached.

In our latest blog, Dr. Chown shares how advocacy, community partnerships, and a commitment to the communities she serves shaped Envision Eye Care’s journey.

Read the full story: https://www.mobilehealthmap.org/building-a-mobile-eye-clinic-through-advocacy-trust-and-community-partnerships/

Building a Mobile Eye Clinic Through Advocacy, Trust, and Community Partnerships - Mobile Health Map at Harvard Medical School When Dr. Rebecca Chown launched Envision Eye Care for All, she started with a mission: bringing eye health and vision services directly into communities that had long gone without them. …

Mark your calendar for Monday! 🚐

Join us on Monday, June 29 at 12:00 PM CST for the next session in our Mobile Mondays webinar series: Champions of Mobile Health.

Hear from three mobile health leaders who are expanding access to care in their communities and learn how they're putting mobile health into action:

🔹 Greg Cain, PA-C, MHS – CEO & Medical Director, United Primary Care

🔹 Shellie Hall, M.Ed. – Executive Director, Sevier and Cocke County Services, The Helen Ross McNabb Center, Inc.

🔹 Dr. Kristi Wick, DNP, FNP-BC, GS-C – Principal Investigator, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga MobileMOC Program

We're proud to partner with the Tennessee Rural Health Care Center of Excellence at the The University of Tennessee Health Science Center to bring practical learning and peer-informed strategies to mobile health programs across the country.

More details: https://tennesseehipaa.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_vjgICfFoR9GEtRj7FGjdPg #/registration